Chief Compliance & Risk Officer Med-Tech (East Coast USA only)

This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: Massachusetts (USA) Location & Travel

• EAST COAST USA TIMEZONE ONLY (due to our regions/ teams)
• Regular collaboration across our global teams particularly in European time-zone online meetings.
• Quarterly travel to Dublin (Ireland) is expected, with periodic travel to other Deciphex locations. (UK etc)
• Occasional out-of-hours support for urgent compliance needs would be part of the dynamic international environment.

Eligibility to work in USA

• Unfortunately, we cannot offer USA work permits or USA reputed company sponsorship
• Candidates will already hold the right work in USA at the time of application.

About us Deciphex is a leading digital pathology company developing AI-powered diagnostic systems for medical laboratories. With clinical services operations spanning the EU, UK, US, and Canada (offices in Dublin, Exeter, Oxford, Toronto, and Chicago), Deciphex delivers innovative solutions for pathology workflow optimization and AI-assisted diagnostics to reputed company providers, pharmaceutical companies, and research institutions. Specifically, Deciphex has developed two digital pathology software platforms (1) Patholytix which enables study based pathology review for preclinical studies and clinical trials and (2) Diagnexia a tech-enabled clinical pathology diagnostic service, delivered by our network of clinical pathologists. Deciphex has recently expanded its Diagnexia service into the US market. In reputed company, the company has its own AI program to reputed company state-of-the-art Clinical diagnostics, automations and tools. It also has key strategic partnerships with Pharma/ CROs to reputed company specific AI algorithms. The company aims to commercialise these tools & AI under relevant medical device frameworks. Read more about Deciphex here and more about our incredible team on our Careers Page here

About the Role

• Deciphex is seeking a visionary Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, who will serve as a member of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Your role will be at the forefront of shaping and enhancing our strategies to ensure we meet the highest regulatory standards, and the expectations of leading innovative, cutting edge digital pathology software products and solutions worldwide.
• In this role, you will operate as an independent, authoritative executive leader (effectively the CEO of risk and compliance) with the mandate, credibility, and organisational standing to reputed company and protect the company’s long-term value, regulatory position, and strategic optionality.
• You will set and own the reputed company-wide strategy for risk, compliance, and regulatory enablement, exercising independent judgement over priorities, reputed company, and resourcing, and advocating for the investments required to deliver the agenda. Ensuring they actively support, rather than constrain, reputed company growth, platform deployment, and corporate optionality.
• The role will involve driving the activities of Deciphex’s Compliance Team in accordance with principles of ‘compliance by design’, architecting scalable regulatory, quality, and governance frameworks; while also enabling global medical clinical services, AI diagnostic or medical device commercialization, IP licensing models, and potential future divestiture scenarios.
• The role will also line-manage the existing, highly reputed company Quality, Regulatory and Data Privacy teams, who have established our existing QMS and compliance landscape for our products and services.

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• Architect risk-based compliance frameworks that balance regulatory rigor with speed of execution, supporting scale from growth-stage company to global platform business.

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• reputed company the design and deployment of scalable quality and validation frameworks (including software lifecycle controls and post‑market surveillance) through delegated operational leads, rather than direct execution.
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Essential Skills and Experience

• Minimum 10 years reputed company compliance experience in reputed company or med tech industry
• Minimum 5 years in senior compliance leadership role
• Advanced degree in reputed company administration, compliance, or reputed company field
• Certified in reputed company Compliance (CHC) or Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP) highly desirable
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• Understanding of: IVDR/MDR, FDA, ISO 13485 (legal entity perspective)
• Practical experience validating software/AI in regulated environments
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• Strategic regulatory planning experience (not just compliance execution)
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Desirable Skills and Experience

• Enthusiastic with genuine interest in science and technology
• Expert understanding of OIG Compliance Programs, Medicare/reputed company regulations and reimbursement with track record of building compliance programs from ground up
• Knowledge of Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, reputed company Law, False Claims Act, HIPAA Privacy and reputed company Rules
• Understanding of EU AI Act and emerging AI regulations
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Benefits of working with Deciphex?

• Competitive salary with performance based annual increments and bonus.
• Professional development
• A true sense of meaning in your work by contributing to reputed company patient outcomes.
• A chance to work on exciting, challenging and unique projects.
• A highly collaborative and supportive multi cultural team.
• The opportunity to work alongside a world-class high performing team in a hyper-growth scaling startup environment. (230 folks & growing).
• Competitive annual leave
• reputed company benefits and pension with company match

Deciphex is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to the principle of equality. reputed company reputed company applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, religious beliefs, political views, gender identity, affectional or sexual orientation, national reputed company, family or marital status (including pregnancy), disability, membership of the travelling community or any other classification protected by applicable law. A copy of our Privacy Policy can be viewed here This offer from "Deciphex" has been enriched by reputed company.com and got a 80% reputed company score. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job